VMware Education

VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale [V6.5] - On Demand Lab

Summary:

- Format:
Lab

- Length: 30 Days

Overview:

This course will teach you advanced skills for configuring and maintaining a highly available and scalable virtual infrastructure. Through a mix of lecture and hands-on labs, you will configure and optimize the VMware vSphere® 6.5 features that build a foundation for a truly scalable infrastructure, and you will discuss when and where these features have the greatest effect. This course will deepen your understanding of vSphere and how its advanced features and controls can benefit your organization.

By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:• Configure and manage VMware ESXi™ networking and storage for a large and sophisticated enterprise• Use VMware vSphere® Client™, VMware vSphere® Web Client, and VMware vSphere® ESXi™ Shell to manage vSphere• Use VMware vSphere® Auto Deploy™ and host profiles to provision ESXi hosts• Optimize the performance of all vSphere components• Use VMware vRealize® Log Insight™ to monitor system logs• Deploy VMware vCenter® Server Appliance™ to be highly available and optimized for performance• Migrate a Windows vCenter Server system to vCenter Server Appliance 6.5• Harden the vSphere environment against security threats• Encrypt virtual machines for additional security

• Experienced system administrators, system engineers, system integrators

Prerequisites:

This course requires completion of one of the following prerequisites:• Understanding of concepts presented in the VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V6.5] course• Equivalent knowledge and administration experience with ESXi and vCenter Server

Experience with working at the command prompt is highly recommended

Outline:

Course Introduction

Introductions and course logistics

Course objectives

Identify additional resources for after this course

Identify other VMware Education offerings

Describe the user interfaces available in vSphere 6.5

Network Scalability

Configure and manage vSphere distributed switches

Explain distributed switch features such as port mirroring, LACP, QoS tagging, and NetFlow